email

Meaning

Noun

1. (uncountable) A system for sending messages and datas by means of computers connected together in a network.
2. (uncountable) The quantity of messages sent through an email system.
3. (countable) A message being sent through email.
4. (countable, informal) An email address.

Verb

1. (transitive) To send an email or emails to.
2. (ditransitive, transitive) To send (data) through email.
3. (intransitive) To send, or compose and then send, one or more emails.

Opposite of

mail, post#Noun, snail mail, mailpiece#Noun

Synonyms

electronic mail

e-mail

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netmail

𐐨𐑋𐐩𐑊

mail

E-mail

electronic message

Translations

E-Mail

📧

courriel

📧

correo electrónico

📧

courrier électronique

e-mail

📧

e-mail

📧

posta elettronica

📧

e-mail

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e-posta

📧

mél

correu electrònic

📧

e-mail

📧

elektronische Post

correio electrónico

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈiːmeɪl/

Etymology

The noun is an abbreviation of electronic mail. First attested in the 1970s. The verb is derived from the noun, by analogy with mail (“to send through the mail”).